Sunday, May 26, 2013

Civic issues haunt residents

Though the heavy rains lashed in
city from last two days has brought down the temperature
consistently, the aftermaths affect of rain has severely affected the
normal life. Citizens are facing severe hardship with power cut,
water disruption and many other civic problems.

Following thunder,
lightening several trees have been uprooted in city crushing the
cable connections. Electric poles have fallen and transformers are
under repair in several areas, which has resulted to power cuts for
more than 20 hours in several areas.

Oozing of potholes,
unclean garbage has also created fear among residents of spread of
epidemic diseases. In down shallow areas of Kanankagiri the rain
water has entered houses. While, in heart of the city, Bannimantap,
Vidyaranyapuram, Kesare, Chamundipuram, RMC Yard, the roads itself
had disappeared ! Motorist were seen moving very carefully in fear of
potholes and trench. In many streets the tar and jelly stones have
been washed out creating potholes.

Jayu, resident of
Saraswathipuram said from Friday 7 pm to Saturday 4 pm there was no
power supply in the area and due to inadequate supply of water and
power they are facing lot of problems.

“Every time when it
rains, the residents are more vulnerable for power cuts, compare to
other areas. The concerned staff fail to resume the power after
rainfall stops. Two years ago, they resumed the power after four
days, which are terrible days in my life,” added Jayu.

NIE Engineering Student
Madhu said: “For an average lightening we face power cut problems
and power are not resumed even after days together. I feel we have to
step ahead with advancement of technology.”

Supriya resident of
Yadavagiri said: The Under Ground Drainage network in area is very
badly maintained. It gets clogged oftenly and when rains the
situation worsens more.